Production of wax compositions



Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES WHJHELM PUITGS, O1 LUDwIGSHAIEN-ON-THE-BHINE, AND MICHAEL JAHBS'IORFEB,

OF MANN'HEIM, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE AKTIENGESELL- sewer, or rBANxroar-oN-rHE-mam, GERMANY, A conronarron or GERMANY PRODUCTION OF WAX COMPOSITIONS ll'o Drawing. Application filed January 5, 1929, Serial No. 380,612, and in Germanyl'anuary fl, 1988.

The present invention relates to improvements in the production of wax compositions. In the application for Letters Patent No. 247,454, filed January 1'7, 1928, one of the present inventors together with another has described a process for the production of Montan wax products, in which a portion of I the organic acids present in bleached Montan wax is esterified, for example by treatment with alcohols or alcohol mixtures, and

the remainder is wholly or partially converted into salts, for example by the action of an alkali or an alkali earth hydroxide or mixtures of salts. TheseMontan' wax products possess excellent bmding properties for solvents and diluents such as oil of turpentine and the like, and are therefore excellently adapted for the production of shoe creams, floor polishes, cosmetic preparations, colorgoing masses for typewriter ribbons or stamp pads, carbon duphcating papers, polishes for colored or uncolored paper and the like. In comparison with carnauba wax .Which has hitherto been employed in the manufacture as of these articles, the said Montan .wax products, have considerable advantages, such as greater hardness, lighter color, greater capacity for fixing oils, freedom. from undesir- "able impurities,- residues and the like. When so these Montan wax products are used in the preparation of creams, pastes, emulsions and the like, in which soaps and oils form in dients larger or smaller amounts of gritty deposits are often observed which do not occur when carnauba wax is used. In some cases, where aqueous emulsions are concerned, as in the case of polish stains, this drawback can be removed by assing the emulsion containing such deposlts through a mill or fine sieve, preferably while still warm. This method, however, is not applicable in all cases.

We have now found that wax compositions free from the said drawbacks are obtained by nfelting a partially esterified and partly saponified product obtained-according to the said application and hereinafter re e rred to as composition wax with a wax prepared by extenslvzlf esterifyin with an 60 alcohol such as glyc a bleache Montan wax, obtained, :for example, according to the processes described in the application No. 254,604, filed February 15, 1928, by treating Montan wax in a sulphuric acid solution of 30 to 60 per cent strength with only such amounts of chromic acid as are suflicient for bleaching. the Montan wax at temperaturesbetween about 100 and 125 Ceuntil the chromic acid is used up, or accordingto the Patent No; 1,737,975, by treating Montan wax with a substantially larger amount of oxidizing-agents, for example with from 175 to 200 per cent of chromic acid reckoned on the amount of deresinified'wax, than is needed for' completely bleaching the wax.

The said composition waxes contain about from -to per cent by wei' ht of salts and this content is lowered by wofiring in accordance with the present invention to a content of less than 25 per cent. In most cases, the best effects can be attained in the application of the new products when they contain about from 15 to'20 per cent of salt, the content of the esters being increased in comparison to that of the initial composition wax.

By varying the relative proportions of the l .two components of the mixture, there may be impartedto the product the properties desired in connection with-the various purposes for which it is intended to be used. In fact, it is possible, in this way, to arrive at products which, in many instances, may partly or entirely replace the other expensive waxes, such as beeswax, Japan wax and the like, such as are used, for exam Is, in the preparation of saponified and mixed shoe creams.

The products obtainable in this way are excellently suitable, for example, for the manu- 4 facture of so-called mixed sliioa creams fgf varying consisten y, pre are y sa oni ing the mass with aqueous alkali with the addition of oil of turpentine and the like. Such shoe creams are completely homogeneous, contain the oil of turpentine in a'satisfactory fixed condition, and are quite equal ..to, e creams made with carnauba wax.

e following examples will further illus'-.:.-= Y

trate the nature of thesaid invention which, f a however, is not limited are by weight.

thereto. The parts 7 Example 1 4 parts of composition wax, prepared according to the said application Ser. No.

hours at 140. (3., then stirring 2.3 parts of calcium oxide into the mass and keeping it at about the said temperature, while stirring, until the melt has clarified, are melted with 2 parts of bleached Montan wax which i followed by the addition ume of oil of turpentine.

i of turpentine.

has been esterified with glycol to an acid value of about 20. The resulting product is excellently suitable, for example, for the preparation of a mixed shoe 'cream. For this purpose,'6.5 parts of paraflin wax, 3 parts of beeswax and 1.5 parts of colophony are added to the melted product. Whenthe whole is melted, 50 parts of boiling water, containing,2 parts of potassium carbonate in solution, are stirred in, followed by 15 parts.

of oil of turpentine. ,Stirring is continued until the paste has acquired the desired consistency, and it is then poured.

Instead of the 3 parts of beeswax, 2 additional parts of highly esterified bleached Montan wax may be taken.

Example 2 2.5 parts of composition wax and 1.5 parts of bleached Montan wax which has been extensively esterified with a mixture of 3 parts of glycerol and 1 part of benzyl alcohol, are melted together. The product is suitable for the production of a liquid shoe cream, for which purpose there are added to the melted product 12 parts of beeswax and 12 parts of Japan wax, 7 0 parts of boiling water'containing 1 part of curd soa and 1 part of borax in solution, are then stirred in,

of 40 parts by vol- After a short stirring, the mass is allowed to cool.

The said initial materials may be replaced by 2.5 parts of composition wax, 10 parts of bleached Montan wax, highly esterified with glycol, 5 parts of beeswax and 5 arts of Japan wax, melted together and mixed, by stirring, with the aforesaid amount of boiling water with curd soapand borax and oil Example 3 66 parts of a-composition wax containin about 12v parts bf lead salt and 6 parts o potassium salt and 34 parts of a Montan wax,

highly bleached, for example, in abcordance with the process described in the aforesaid Patent N 0. 1,7 37 ,975 and esterifiedwithamixture consisting. of 3 parts'of diethyleneglycol and2.5.z parts of propylene glycol are melted together. The "product obtained is then melted while intensely stirring with 25 parts of grain soap at about 120 to 130C. whereupon, while intensely stirring, 900 parts of .amount of less than boiling water are run in, rather slowly at the beginning; the whole mass is then brou ht to boiling and stirreduntil it is cooled own.

he product is a homogeneous emulsion which is excellently suitable for the production of polished papers.

What we claim is: a 1. A composition of matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising esters and salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being present in an amount of less than 25 per cent by weight of the said wax.

2. A composition .of matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising esters with polyhydric alcohols and salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being present'in an amount of lessthan 25 per cent by weight of the said wax.

3. A composition of matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising esters and alkaline earth metal salts of the acids contained-in "the said wax, the salts being present in an amount of less than 25 per cent by weight of the said wax.

4. A composition of matter comp a bleached Montan wax comprising esters with polyhydric alcohols and alkaline earth metal salts of the acids contained in 'the said wax,

- the salts being present in an amount of less salts of the acids contained in the said wax,

the salts being presentin an amount of. from 15 to 20 per cent by wei ht of the said wax.

6. A composition 0? matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising esters with polyhydric alcohols and salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being present in an amount of from 15 to 20 per cent by weight of the said wax.

7 A composition of matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising esters and alkaline earth metal salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being present in anamount of from 15 to 20- per cent by weight of the said wax.

bleached Montan wax com rising esters with polyhydric alcohols and a line earth metal salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being present in an amount of from 15 to 20 per cent by weight of the said wax.

9. A com osition'of matter comprising a bleached ontan wax comprising glycol esters and calcium salts of the acids contained in the sa'idwax, the salts being present in an 25 per cent by weight of the said-wax. J I 10. A composition of matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising glycol esters and calcium salts of the acids contamed in the said wax, the salts being present in an amount of from 15 to 20 per cent by weight of thesaidwax.

11. A compositionof matter comprising a bleached Montan wax comprising glycol esters and calcium salts of the acids contained in the said wax, the salts being resent in an amount of less than 'per cent y weight of the said wax, and a natural wax.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands. I I

WILHELM PUNGS.

MICHAEL J AHRSTORFER. 

